One of the first things I learned in radio was the correct, multi-syllable pronunciation of Milwaukee.
Say it with me. Mil-wau-kee. It just rolls off the tongue. So if I knew how to turn “Around the Horn” host Tony Reali’s pronunciation of Milwaukee as “Mwoky” into a meme I would do so.
But since I don’t, feel free.
Mwoky has been getting some regular mentions on that afternoon ESPN commentary show thanks to the Bucks, which the show’s sportswriter guests pronounced the real deal.
And in one rant on the show ESPN host Michael Smith took issue with an anonymous source criticizing Jameis Winston in a column on the NFL draft by Journal Sentinel Green Bay Packers beat writer Bob McGinn.
“Stop being lazy with your analysis,” said Smith to the source, not to McGinn, who he said he admired.
Lazy analysis is my job. So, here are a few quick items of local note.
—The morning news show wheel stops spinning at WISN-TV (Channel 12) which announced that the show’s new “breaking news anchor,” or a person the main anchor introduces as “reporting live” from “the newsroom.” Elliott likely knows the pronunciation of Milwaukee, since he is an alum of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Former “breaking news anchor” Melinda Davenport was made main co-anchor of the morning newscast with Patrick Paolantonio. She replaced Marianne Lyles, who joined WTTV-TV in Indianapolis.
Elliott comes to the station from WLKY-TV in Louisville, which he joined in 2013 as as a general assignment reporter. Like WISN, WLKY is a Hearst Broadcasting station. Elliott is a Philadelphia native whose family moved to Janesville when he was 10 and “considers the cheese state his home,” according to his WLKY station bio.
He graduated from UWM in 2007 with degrees in Journalism and Mass Com, and worked at WMTV-TV in Madison where he was “co-anchor of the market’s #1 morning show.”
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—Ya, hey dere. In a survey of comments made by fans of all 32 NFL teams, fans of the Green Bay Packers were shown to have the second best grammar, with 5.1 mistakes per 1,000 words. The results were culled from 150 comments appearing on each team’s website. Best grammar belongs to the Detroit Lions, worst to Washington, with 15.1 mistakes, one of which may or may not be “Redskins.”
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—“American Crime,” the ABC series created by Mequon native John Ridley, is in ratings trouble.
It earned mostly positive reviews and its strongly rated premiere episode of was watched by 8.3 million viewers nationally. Sadly, fewer than half that number watched last week’s episode.
Locally the ratings are a little better, but still low. The eight episodes so far have scored a 4.5 overnight average locally, and a 6.4 after seven days. A local rating point represents 8,932 television homes.
Its highest overnight rating was a 5.7 for the premiere and the lowest was last week with a 3.3.
The show may frustrate viewers for two reasons: it is a continuing narrative and people may feel they just can’t jump into it in the middle, and the other may be there is not a single sympathetic character for viewers to grow attached to. In fact Felicity Huffman may play the least likable character on TV.
It is set in the aftermath of a violent home invasion and follows the lives of the victims families, and the alleged perpetrators. It is also a harsh look at race relations that may be particularly hard to watch in light of current events. It airs Thursdays at 9 p.m., and its season finale is May 14.
—-Despite several references to Wisconsin on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” – one character was from Milwaukee, and an episode was set “there,” and another character was revealed as being from Manitowoc – there is no mention of the Badger state in the affiliated film “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
However, a cheesehead’s review of the new film, which premieres tonight and starts the summer movie season off with a bang, can be found here.
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